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brush

n. an encounter; a close shave. My brush with the bear was so close I could smell its breath—which was vile, I might add.

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• be as daft as a brush
• brush
• brush (something) under the carpet
• brush (something) under the mat
• brush (something) under the rug
• brush against
• brush aside
• brush away
• brush back
• brush by
• brush down
• brush off
• brush over
• brush up
• brush with death
• brush-off
• Fuller Brush man
• give (someone) the brush-off
• give someone the air
• have a brush with
• have a lick of the tar brush
• have a touch of the tar brush
• paint (something) with a broad brush
• paint with the same brush
• tar with the same brush
• tarred with the same brush
• touch of the tar brush